Package-tie



No. 770,553. PATEN'I'ED SEPT. 20, 1904. I. E. BOOTH.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1904 NO MODEL M 2 2%, j 0o UNITED STATESPatented September 20, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

PACKAGE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,553, datedSeptember 20, 1904.

Application filed March 21, 1904.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IRVING EBOOTH, acitizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a package-tie for securelyfastening and holding bundles together which shall afford means forreadily carrying a bundle and which shall be easy to unfasten.

The improved package-tie is particularly useful for letter-carriers indoing up and carrying bundles of mail-matter, for use in shoe factoriesin doing up and carrying bundles of shoe-uppers, and it may be used fora great variety of purposes.

The improved tie is strong, durable, and cheap, is readily fastened andunfastened, and enables the bundle to be readily carried withgutpossibility of becoming accidentally unone.

The improved package-tie is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved package-tie. Fig. 2 is aface view of the tiehook. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section ofthe tie-hook. Fig. 4 is a face view of the runner. Fig. 5 is across-section of the runner. Fig. 6 is a side view of thefasteningstaple. Fig. 7 is a top'view of the fasteningstaple. Fig. 8 isa longitudinal section through the hook, showing the band-of webbingattached thereto. Fig. 9 is a cross-section on the line indicated by theline 9 9 in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a section through the runner, showing theband in place. Fig. 11 is a longitudinal section through the adjacentportions of the band and through the hook and runner, showing the hookand runner in their interlocking position which they occupy when the tieis in use.

The tie comprises a band A, a hook B, a runner O, and a staple D. Theband A is the part which encircles the bundle to be secured, and it maybe of any desired length, depending upon the purpose to which it is tobe put. It should be long enough to go around the bundle and leavesuflicient surplus to afford efiicient Serial Nol99,184=. (N0 model.)

means for carrying the encircled bundle. The indefinite length of thisencircling band is indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, where its end isshown as broken ofi. This encircling band is preferably composed oftextile inelastic webbing of convenient width to give the necessarystrength; but various other materials are permissible, flexibility,extension, and strength being the important attributes. The hook B isshown separately in Figs. 2 and 3 and is adapted to be secured to oneend of the band. This hook is preferably stamped out of sheetsteel andbent to the required shape. The hook B comprises a fastening-plate a;and an overhanging bill 6. The fastening-plate a has two slots 0 and dtherein, which are of sufficient length to receive the width of the bandA and of suflicient width to receive the thickness of the band. The endof the band A is secured to the hook in the manner clearly shown inFigs. 8 and 9 of the drawings. The end of the band is first passedthrough the slot 0, thence over the bridge 6 between the two slots,thence back through the slot (Z. The free end of the band is thendoubled over, as shown in Fig. 8, and the three layers of the band aresecured together by the metal staple D. As shown in Figs. 6 and 7, thisstaple comprises a body f and two projecting prongs g g. The prongs g gare passed through the three layers of the band, as clearly shown inFig. 9, and the ends of the prongs g g are then clenched Over, as shownin Fig. 9, thus firmly and securely holding the end of the band inplace. This furnishes a strong and efficient means of fastening the endof the band to the hook, and the strain (when the tie is in use) comesupon the bridge 6, which is integral With the body of the hook. The bandA is also united to the runner'O. This runner O is preferably made ofsheet-steel cut and bent to the proper shape. This runner, as shown inFigs. 4 and 5, comprises an arched plate having two slots it and d, anintermediate bridge 7' between the two slots, a catch is, and aclamping-bar or clamp Z, the bridge, catch, and clamp being all integralparts of the runner. The bridge 1' does not lie in the same plane as thecatch is and the clamp Z, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The band is unitedto the runner by being passed first beneath the catch 70, the adjacentslot 71,, thence over the bridge thence through the slot i, and thencebeneath the clamp Z, the catch being toward the hook and the clampZbeing toward the free end of the band. When the tie is not in use, therunner can be freely slid along the band.

In order to use the package-tie, its body is passed around the bundle orpackage to be secured and the bill 7) of the hook is passed through theslot h of the runner, so that the catch it of the runner is held in thethroat of the hook, as clearly shown in Fig. 11. The free end m of theband is then pulled until all of the slack in the band is taken up anduntil the bundle is gripped with the desired degree of tightness. Thestrain which the encircled bundle or package then exerts cannot possiblyloosen the tie, because the greater the strain the more firmly the tieis held. This is rendered evident by an inspection of Fig. 11, in whichthe arrows n and 0 indicate the direction of the stresses brought tobear upon the band by the expansive action of the bundle or package. Asis here evident, the body portion 19 of the band being strained in thedirection of the arrow' 12 involves an abrupt bend of the strap aroundthe central bridge 3' of the runner and also strains the upper surfaceof said body portion 9 against the overlying end m of the band, whichstrain is resisted by the clamp Z of the runner. The harder the pull themore firmly are the two portionsp and m of the band clamped together. Itis further to be noted that the end of the band passes in a devious pathover the bridge j to the clamp Z, due to the bridge not being in thesame plane as the catch and clamp are, thus tending to the security ofthe fastening;

It is obvious that when the end m of the band is seized to carry thebundle or package, thus tending to elevate the clamp Z away from thebody 6 of the hand, there can be no loosening of'the fastening, becauseunder these circumstances the weight of the bundle is brought also intoplay, and this tends to tighten and not loosen the encircling band. Atthe same time the band is very readily unloosened, in order to remove itfrom the bundle, which is of especial importance with letter-carriers,who wish to readily withdraw a piece of mail-matter from the bundle.When the runner is tilted up by rocking the catch 11 within the throatof the hook, the clamp Z loses its clamping office, and the bight q ofthe band around the bridge 7' becomes less acute, and then the band. maybe readily unloosened by pulling on the body 29 of the band. A slightsliding of the band within the runner suffices, since it is onlynecessary to get enough slack in the band to enable the bill of the hookto be removed from the slot 2' of the runner, so as to be disengagedfrom the catch Z.

The improved package-tie is strong, dura thencethrou gh I ble,efficient, easily operated, economical in manufacture, and impossible toget out of order. The manner of its use is so simple as to entail nostudy or loss of time.

1 claim as my invention 1. A package-tie having, in combination, a hook,a runner, a staple and a band; the hook being composed of sheet metalhaving aplate provided with two slots, an intermediate bridge and anoverhanging bill; the runner being an arched plate of sheet-steel havingan intermediate bridge, two slots, a catch and a clamp, the bridge notbeing in the same plane as the clamp and the catch; the band beingpassed through the two slots of the runner above the bridge and belowthe catch and the clamp and thence extending from the catch to the slotof the hook which is nearest the bill, through said slot, over thebridge of the hook, thence back through the other slot Where its end isdoubled over; and the doubled-over end of the band being secured to thebody of the band by means of the staple.

2. A package-tie having, in combination, a hook, a runner and a band;the hook being composed of sheet-steel having a plate provided with twoslots, an intermediate bridge and an overhanging bill; the runner beingan arched plate of sheet-steel having an intermediate bridge, two slots,a catch and a clamp, the bridge not being in the same plane as the clampand the catch; and the band being passed through the two slots of therunner above the bridge and below the catch and the clamp and thenceextending from the catch to the slot of the hook which is nearest thebill,

through said slot, over the bridge of the hook, thence back through theother slot where its end is secured to the body of the band.

3. A package-tie having, in combination, a hook, a runner and a band;the hook having a plate provided with two slots, an intermediate bridgeand an overhanging bill; the runner having an intermediate bridge, twoslots, a catch and a clamp, the bridge not being in same plane as theclamp and the catch; and the band being passed through the two slots ofthe runner above the bridge and below the catch and the clamp and thenceextending from the catch to the slot of the hook which is nearest thebill, through said slot, over the bridge of the hook, thence backthrough the other slot where its end is secured to the body of the band.

- 4. A package-tie having, in combination, a hook, a runner and a band;the hook having a plate and an overhanging bill; the runner having anintermediate bridge, two slots, a catch and a clamp, the bridge notbeing in the same plane as the clamp and the catch, and

the catch being adapted to be engaged by the to the runner passing firstbelow its catch, through its two slots, over its bridge and then andthen out below its clamp, the end of the band beyond the clamp beingfree and serving as a handle for the tie.

6. A package-tie having, in combination, a hook, a runner, a staple anda band; the hook having a plate provided with two slots, an intermediatebridge and bill; the band being passed through the runner and thenceextending to the slot of the book which is nearest the bill, throughsaid slot, over the bridge of the hook, thence back through the otherslot where its end is doubled over; and the doubled-over end of the bandbeing secured to the body of the band by means of the staple. In witnesswhereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

IRVING E. BOOTH. Witnesses LOUIS W. G. FLYNT, Q. W. BOOTH.

